The Vaginismus-Free Programme is hugely successful and life-changing. Here's the evidence to back that up!
Because of the evidence-based nature of our programme, the positive changes that women experience are measurable. Every participant of the Programme takes our indepth, purpose-built quizzes that identify EXACTLY what combination of thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and behaviours are causing their vaginismus. The quiz is taken twice:
- At the start of the programme
- The latter stages of the programme - usually 6-7 weeks later*
This means that before and after comparisons of scores are possible, so all changes in beliefs and responses are measurable. The data below shows the before and after scores from Cara's most recent 25 clients (as of November 2023) who completed the 1-2-1 programme with her.
*The 'end' scores are taken before completion of the programme, so we expect that further improvements will continue to take place
Penetration Capability Scores
Scores indicate the percentage of clients who believed that they could currently comfortably do the following:
| Penetration Beliefs | ||
|---|---|---|
| I can comfortably insert a cotton bud into my vagina | 40% | 96% |
| I can comfortably insert a finger into my vagina | 32% | 96% |
| I can/could comfortably use a tampon | 20% | 96% |
| I can/could comfortably have penetrative sex | 0% | 88% |
| I can/could comfortably have a gynaecological exam/smear | 4% | 76% |
Sense of power and control over your body
Responses indicate the percentage of clients who held the following beliefs about penetration and vaginismus
| Beliefs | ||
|---|---|---|
| I believe that my vagina is physically abnormal | 52% | 4% |
| I am less 'womanly' because of the vaginismus | 72% | 4% |
| If I have sex I will tear or bleed | 68% | 0% |
| I sometimes experience physical symptoms (such as palpitations) at the thought of sex | 72% | 8% |
| I feel disgust/squeamish at the thought of my vagina/sexual activity | 56% | 0% |
| I fear that I will always have vaginismus | 92% | 4% |
| Vaginismus has a big, negative impact on my life | 92% | 8% |
| I feel quite alienated from my body and how it responds | 96% | 0% |
| I have little or no control over my body’s response to penetration | 100% | 0% |
| I worry a lot about vaginismus | 96% | 16% |
...And how they fare more generally in life
The data below shows the scores of how clients fared in more broader areas of their mental health and wellness
| Well-being and mindset | ||
|---|---|---|
| Sense of power and control over life | 41% | 78% |
| Coping Skills | 38% | 76% |
| Self Esteem | 38% | 80% |
| Social Confidence (regarding Vaginismus) | 23% | 81% |
| Perfectionist thinking style | 74% | 39% |
| Brooding/obsessing thinking style | 72% | 36% |
| Catastrophising thinking style | 66% | 30% |
| 'Thrive Quotient' - how much they are thriving | 40% | 78% |